I Became a Mental Health Care Patient in the Apocalyptic Era

Episode 9-Survival Test (2)

“How long are you going to cover your face with a scarf?”

These were the words I heard from Yang Ga-hyeon on the way to the test site for the survival test.

“Why? Can’t I cover it? It’s well adjusted so it doesn’t obstruct my view.”

“Just because it doesn’t interfere with the field of view doesn’t mean it’s all right.”

“Then what else is wrong?”

As I squinted her eyes, she looked me straight in the eye.

“If you don’t show your face, you can’t read the expression, don’t you know how big of a penalty it is to not be able to read the expression of a colleague in a dangerous situation?”

“You can understand everything just by looking into your eyes, right?”

There is a habit that I developed after living the life of an anti-Batman who covers everything except my eyes with a scarf.

Trying to express emotions with the eyes as much as possible.

Human habits change faster than you think, so I made up my mind to change them, so I was able to express all sorts of emotions with the blinking of my eyes rather than the movement of my facial expressions.

“There are more important things than that.”

Lee Seo-yeon said while sipping coffee she didn’t know where it came from.

The sight of her perfectly balanced and drinking coffee in a bumpy car was needlessly gorgeous.

“Covering your face means hiding your identity, doesn’t it mean that you don’t trust your colleagues?”

Lee Seo-yeon’s cold gaze fell on me.

“Right, Lee Joo-eun, don’t you trust us? No matter what scars you have on your face or what you’re hiding, we can accept it.”

Well?

Can powerful people like Yang Ga-Hyun and Lee Seo-Yeon be fine even after seeing a weak human like me have an outrageous appearance?

Even though you already have some crushes?

The more I got to know them, the more paradoxically I couldn’t help but be cautious about revealing my face in front of them.

“Oh, I can’t believe it.”

I answered right away without taking a second to breathe.

“Even if I can trust you, what’s the guarantee that there won’t be any enemies around here? And for the survival test, I’ll cover my face again anyway.”

“…”

Yang Ga-hyun stared at me.

Yang Ga-hyun’s eyes, looking at my face without a word, put a lot of pressure on me, but that doesn’t mean I can’t break it here.

I didn’t want to experience having my limbs torn to pieces by the main heroines, not by a crazy b*tch.

“Lee Joo-eun’s not revealing her face isn’t a big loss. I think it’s good to respect his opinion, right?”

At Park Soo-hyun’s words, Yang Ga-hyun sighed heavily.

“Yes, do it yourself.”

“It’s about time to arrive at the exam hall, so prepare.”

At Park Soo-hyun’s words, we each put on our own military equipment and prepared to go out.

If it was a normal team, Yang Ga-hyun, who is the highest in rank here, would have taken on the role of captain, but after my strong recommendation, Park Soo-hyun rose to the position of captain.

‘That guy still has a sense of being a gamer.’

If you trust that intuition, at least you won’t fail.

Players are a kind of people who know in advance what will yield the best results in a given situation.

“Are you mad?”

I approached Gahyun Yang, who was leaning against the wall and waiting for the car to stop.

True to its name, the survival test was a test to evaluate the cadets’ ability to survive, but our team had powers that far exceeded the ability needed to survive, so we couldn’t be satisfied with just surviving.

Clearing a lot of missions somehow and getting a high score to get an overwhelming 1st place,

That was the purpose of our team.

“I’m not spouting.”

I sighed inwardly at the sound of Yang Ga-hyun’s voice.

‘sh*t… I really have to do this.’

Cleared the main quest while making a group of 4 including Park Soo-hyun.

While receiving a large amount of experience points, I expected to improve my physical abilities and magical powers, but the only thing I got was [Aegyo], Which was classified as a sub-skill of [100 Times cuteness!].

[Perfection]

[Reduce the opponent’s anger and stress by acting cute.]

[Comment: Really cute.]

If you use this skill, Yang Ga-hyun’s anger will be relieved in an instant.

Rationally, I knew that I had to use skills on Yang Ga-hyun.

Because I knew that if Yang Ga-hyun kept showing off, our team’s score would go down that much.

However, all parts except the reason objected.

How can you be born as a man and flirt with a woman?

No, isn’t it the same as living by selling one’s body, a life that I hated so much?

‘I still have to do it.’

[Main Quest]

[Finish the survival test with a high score]

[Experience proportional to performance for all party members]

If you appease Yang Ga-hyeon and eat even one more point, that will become the main party’s experience and that experience will become their strength.

‘I’m not flirting with Yang Gahyeon.’

I am controlling Yang Ga-hyun’s mind.

It uses a skill called [Pleasure] To forcibly get rid of anger.

Thinking like this made me feel a bit more at ease.

“Woe… Take off your anger…”

It was a word that did not mix with a soft tone.

He just put a little aegyo into his words.

Because it was spoken, it could have contained a little bit of aegyo. If it was written, it would not have been distinguishable from words without aegyo.

[You have used the skill [Pleasure].]

[Great success!]

[Yang Ga-hyun’s anger has greatly decreased.]

[Yang Ga-hyun’s stress has decreased significantly.]

[Yang Ga-hyun’s favorability has risen significantly.]

[Lee Seo-yeon, who was eavesdropping next to her, has a slight increase in liking.]

‘f*ck…’

How come the loss seems to outweigh the gain?

“You… What did you just say?”

I hoped that the words on the system were lies, but Yang Ga-hyun’s face did not tell lies.

He looked at me with a really angry expression, but the redness on his cheeks was really threatening.

“Release your anger! How long are you going to stay stupid!”

As I shouted out in the heat for no reason, a smile appeared on Yang Ga-hyun’s face.

“You’re really cute.”

“Yes, it’s really cute.”

As I was sighing at the words of the two women who had no eyes to see, the car stopped.

“Looks like it’s starting here.”

Park Soo-hyun slammed the door and went down.

“Dry…”

As Lee Seo-yeon said, the moment she opened the door, she felt dryness.

I could feel the dryness even when I was in the car, but when I opened the door and came out, the dryness touched me much more closely.

“As if we had planned it in advance, I and Lee Seo-yeon, Lee Joo-eun and Yang Ga-hyun, we move together in two groups.”

Our team’s strength greatly exceeds that of other teams.

It was a statistically proven fact that a team with such a high power scored better when they were divided into two people rather than four people.

“It’s unfortunate. I wanted to go out with Lee Joo-eun.”

“You can’t tie two disabled people together.”

I can’t even use mana, not my body.

To be honest, I am a worse person than not taking him with me.

I didn’t know if I would just let them drop out and go alone, Gahyun Yang would get more points.

Even though there is a 500 point deduction if one member of the group is eliminated.

Because of course there is a difference between carrying a bag and moving alone.

‘How many points can I get?’

According to the statistics site, the combination of Park Soo-hyun + Lee Seo-yeon and Yang Ga-hyun + @ can get 5728 points.

The highest point is barely 6,000 points, so it is distributed around the average value of 5728 points, but Park Soo-hyun usually earns about 300 points more.

But now that I’m in @’s position, of course I’ll earn less points than that.

Can I barely earn 5200 points?

‘I would have earned 500 more points if I had brought someone other than me…’

Instead, is it profitable in the end to share experience points with my teammates while completing my main quest?

“Should we go catch the desert boss first?”

“I have to farm and catch it. What are you talking about?”

You couldn’t bring anything other than basic equipment to the survival test.

You could bring any amount of food and water, but you have to farm the equipment that has a significant impact on the Awakener’s ability while taking the test.

If you are at the level of a boss in a zone, you will not be able to catch even Yang Ga-hyeon without equipment.

There are times when you can catch a teammate who helps you if you have a lot of ability, but isn’t it me who is next to you?

“I know my body best. Now I can definitely catch a normal boss.”

Where does that confidence come from?

Yang Ga-hyun isn’t a character that deserves unfounded confidence…

[The effect of [Pleasure] Raises Yang Ga-hyun’s mood greatly]

[Physical ability increases by 10% while mood is elevated.]

You all had grounds, right?